FDA product code PPM

General Purpose Reagent

Pathology·Class 1·21 CFR 864.4010
US regulatory classifications
US Product Code (FDA)
PPM
View Product Code Classification →
US Risk Class (FDA)
Class 1
US Regulation (CFR)
21 CFR 864.4010
View CFR Regulation →
Medical specialty
Pathology
Device characteristics
GMP exempt
Yes
Implantable
No
Life-sustaining
No
Third party review
Not Eligible
Definition

A general purpose reagent is a chemical reagent that has general laboratory application, that is used to collect, prepare, and examine specimens from the human body for diagnostic purposes, and that is not labeled or otherwise intended for a specific diagnostic application. It may be either an individual substance, or multiple substances reformulated, which, when combined with or used in conjunction with an appropriate analyte specific reagent (ASR) and other general purpose reagents, is part of a diagnostic test procedure or system constituting a finished in vitro diagnostic (IVD) test.

Search keywords
About this record

General Purpose Reagent is a medical device type in the Pathology specialty. This page includes real-world medical device registration data worldwide for this device type, with registrations from US FDA, Brazil ANVISA, and other global markets.

View regulatory classifications, recent 510(k) clearances, active device registrations, and similar products registered globally under this device category. Pure Global AI's free directory provides comprehensive worldwide registration intelligence across 7,000+ medical device types and 21 specialties.